Cynthia Downes joined our board in August 2021 and serves on the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. Ms. Downes is currently serving as Chief Financial Officer of Constant and Associates. In 2017, Ms. Downes established Fide Professional Services, a firm that provides outsourced CFO and high level strategic and financial consulting services. From 2011 to 2017 Ms. Downes was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Versar, Inc. From 2009 to 2011, Ms. Downes was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Environmental Design International Inc., an engineering firm based in Chicago, specializing in environmental and civil engineering. From 2008 to 2009, she was Vice President of Finance of GDI Advanced Protection Solutions, and from 2005 to 2007, she provided financial consulting services to Huron Consulting Group, Inc. Ms. Downes also spent 15 years at Tetra Tech, ultimately serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of its subsidiary, Tetra Tech, EM Inc. Ms. Downes also currently serves on the Board of Trustees and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Riverside Research, a not-for-profit scientific research organization, and on the board of the Women in Business Initiative at George Mason University and was the Co-chair of the CFO Leadership Council of Virginia from 2018-2020. She received a B.S. in 1983 from Purdue University in 1983 and an M.B.A. in 2002 from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant.